This article will take you through the steps I followed to set up my Synology NAS, using Cloudflare to proxy my web traffic and secure in-transit connections to my server. For those who don’t know about Cloudflare, they are an Read more…
So if you have been following this series of posts, you should now have a local mail server setup linked to both an outgoing and incoming relay service. However, how do we access this server to check our mail? In Read more…
So far we’ve set up a mail server with an outgoing SMTP relay to handle all our sent mail without it being flagged as spam. However, what about receiving mail? If you are ok with exposing your server to the Read more…
So if you read my introduction to this series, you will know that I have attempted to address the common issues with ‘self-hosting’ by adopting a hybrid approach, relying on two types of relay service: An SMTP (outgoing) relay – Read more…
So in my last post I talked about why I’d decided to go down the route of partially self-hosting my email service. In this post I’ll start with setting up the basics. Unless your internet service provider (ISP) provides you Read more…
So yes it’s 2020 – why would anyone wish to host their own mail server? You’re bound to have issues with sending mail given how much spam is out there nowadays. For a start how many residential/SME ISPs offer you Read more…
So I have been meaning to document my digital ramblings for a while now, if only to jog the memory. Indeed, how did I tackle that familiar issue way back, that might just help address the latest challenge that daring Read more…